Kid hair-curler.



J. N. EDT.

KIID HAIR CUBLEH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I9, 191e.

Patented Apr. 22, i919.

LSLT@ JOHN N. EIJDT, 0F ANACONDA, .MONTH-t.

KID HMlRfCURLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr., 22, limiti?.

Application filed April 19, 191. Serial No. 92,095; v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN N. EIDT, a citizen 0f the United States, residing at Anaconda, in the county of Deerlodge and State of Montana, have invented a new and useful Kid Hair-Curiel', of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in hair curlers, and particularly to that type of hair curlers known as kid curler's.

@ne object of the present invention is to provide a device of this character in which the interior wire is held in such manner that the ends thereof will not protrude from the ends of the device and hurt or injure the wearer. v

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of this character in which the wire will be prevented from shortening due to the constant bending and rebending of the curler when in use.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying dra-wing.

In the drawing:

Figure l is an eleva-tion of a curler made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

There are on the market, at the present time, several types of kid hair curlers, one of which has a strip of lead extending throughout the length thereof, and arranged interiorly of the curler, while another has an iron or steel wire disposed therein. In the first type the lead is not possessed of suilicient elasticity, and by reason of constant bending and rebending of the same the length is greatly lessened while the remaining or outer portion retains its original length. In the other type the Wire not only shortens by bending and rebending, but the ends of the wire break through the ends of the covering and interior stuing of the curler to the annoyance and injury of the wearer. It is the particular object of the present device to overcome these disadvantages, asis set forth in the following detailed description.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents a wire of suitable flexibility and length, having its ends embedded in balls 5 of lead, of such diameters as to provide substantial heads for the ends of the wn'e. Between the heads' 5, the wire l is surrounded by a stuffing 2 of hair, wool or other suitablematerial. rllhis stuihng constitutes a body having its greatest diameter at the middle of the Wire and tapering curvingly to the ball heads 5. The entire structure thus described is covered with kid or similar material 3 which is carried around the stuling and the leadball heads and has its longitudinal edges sewed together on a line of stitching extending longitudinally of the wire. The thread of the stitching is shown at et and this thread is wrappedv snugly around the kid lcovering where the stuffing touches-the balls, so as to confine the kid covering and cause it to faithfully follow the outline of the stuffing and the balls. The structure thus described, presents a very practical hair curler that avoids a'll disadvantages hereintofore mentioned. By inclosing the lead balls in the coverin of the curler and tying them to the extremities of the covering, the foreshortening of the wire with relation to the covering and the stuiiing body due to the bending and re-bending and twisting of the body, is entirely prevented. Furthermore, it will be apparent that the balls on heads 5, effectively protect the head of the wearer from the ends of the wire, so that the scalp will not be scratched or otherwise injured.

What is claimed is:

1. A hair curler comprising an elongated flexible metallic body member, enlarged head members ixedly secured at the ends of said body member, a single sheet of flexible cover material disposed about and housing the body member and head members, and stuifing disposed about the body members within the cover sheet between the head members.

2. A hair curler comprising an elongated flexible metallic body member, enlarged head members ixedly secured at the ends of said body member, a single sheet of flexible cover material disposed about and housing the body member and head members, and studing disposed about the body member within the cover sheet between the head members, said covering being constricted at the inner portions of the head members to prevent movement of the head members inwardly of the ends of the cover sheet.

3. A hair curler comprsin a, pair of methe body member within the cover sheet be tallie heedl members, a, Hem le wire body tween the head members, said'covering being member having its ends embedded in and constricbed at the inner portions of the head 10 thus secured in the head members, a single members to prevent movement of the head 5 sheet of fiexible cover material disposed lmembers inwardly of the ends of the cover about and housin the body member and sheet. l "head members, am stuing disposed about JOHN N. -EIDT. 

